Album: Seventeen Days (2005)

Charted: 14

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• One more kiss could be the best thing
  But one more lie could be the worst
  And all these thoughts are never resting
  And you're not something I deserve
  
  In my head there's only you now
  This world falls on me
  In this world there's real and make believe
  And this seems real to me
  
  And you love me but you don't know who I am
  I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
  And you love me but you don't know who I am
  So let me go
  Let me go
  
  I dream ahead to what I hope for
  And I turn my back on loving you
  How can this love be a good thing
  When I know what I'm goin through
  
  In my head there's only you now
  And this world falls on me
  And in this world there's real and make believe
  And this seems real to me
  
  And you love me but you don't know who I am
  I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
  And you love me but you don't know who I am
  So let me go
  Just let me go
  Let me go
  
  And no matter how hard I try
  I can't escape these things inside I know
  I know
  When all the pieces fall apart
  You will be the only one who knows
  Who knows
  
  And you love me but you don't know who I am
  I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
  And you love me but you don't know who I am
  So let me go
  Just let me go
  
  (You don't know) and you love me but you don't
  You love me but you don't (you don't know)
  You love me but you don't know who I am (you don't know)
  And you love me but you don't
  You love me but you don't (you don't know)
  You love me but you don't know me Writer/s: Bradley Kirk Arnold, Christopher Lee Henderson, Matthew Darrick Roberts, Robert Todd Harrell
  Publisher: Audiam, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 11

• Brett from IlIt's not my norm to gain the perspective of another person when listening to music. Naturally we tend to relate to our own understanding of situations when a song resonates. But this one, in this moment, just makes me think of the way she may, most likely, feel when it comes to us. Perhaps maybe she thinks I love her for what she could be, not what she is. She knows it's real, but believes I don't know the real her. It hurts, because I sympathize with this possibility. I just wish she could except that while I see her potential, I fell for her as she is. And I accept it. It is real, and it's real in the context that I see her as what she is, and I am in love with the fact that despite the point of her life she's in, her soul is beautiful. She brings forth my better angels. But she doesn't want to be the continuation of my own suffering. If you ever see this, know that I know you. And I knew it when I was falling for you, and I consciously excepted you as you are and I still do. I don't want to, but I will let you go. I can't help but hope still even yet that the roads we take now don't eventually bring us back to where I believe we belong, right here, with each other. Wherever that may be. I love you.
• Listener from Outside The BoxMost times if you like a song, then you make it relatable. Whether or not it’s part of the original intent. In my interpretation, it’s about a guy that feels his significant other fell in love with all the ideas she thought a mate would be instead of the actual guy. He then tells her that he would be ok with staying together if she just accepts him and not the idea of what he could be. He can’t deal with ending it himself as he holds out for hope but would accept if she ends it bc he would know there is nothing else he could do to make it work.
• Tyler from Murphy, NcI fell in love a girl, and this song at one point kept us together, I told I wanted to know who she was. Long distance is something I'm not fond of but would have tried. Its easier to let them go, I dreamed ahead to what I hoped for, but I never turned my back on loving her. It seemed real to me, but real doesn't always mean it will last, she was the one, the only girl I have ever said I love you too, the only girl I can truly say that to.
• John from Los Angeles, CaThis song is great; so much meaning to take from it. Most of the scenes are filmed at Loyola High School of Los Angeles. Just thought I'd share that.
• Robert from Los Angeles, Cathis song is great.it reminds me of the girl i love so damn much but we're far away and i feel like it's about to end. i dont want it to, but i dont want her tohave to wait for me. i want her to make that decision, it's way too hard for me to make.
• Maddie from New York, Nyi absolutley love this song. i think you could find many meanings behind it. personally, i think this guy has a secret he is keeping from his girlfriend for the better. if she finds out she may think differently of him, so he doesn't want to tell her at all. he goes back and forth between if he should or should not tell her on how it will effect their relationship.
• Lofty from Creativeville, IlTo me, this song illustrates the predicament where a guy is never totally himself around a particular girl and then the girl falls in love with this "alter-ego" of his... yet she doesn't really know who he is. He lives "two lives", the one when he's not with her and the one when he is with her. He wants to give up the charade but doesn't think she'll love him for who he really is, so he asks her to "just let him go". This is such an amazing song that I think everyone in some way can relate to. I think we all have our walls we put up - I guess the question becomes if we can ever come out from behind them.
• Tiffany from Portsmouth, OhSeems like an affair to me, torn between doing the right thing, and passion or what he feels might be true love....and hoping the person will end it so that he doesn't have to make the hard decision....
• Toby from Reigate, EnglandThis song also reminds me of my relationship, i kept secrets from my girlfriend and we kept fighting, but know everything is in the open, my life has picked up an the relationship has improved dramatically, i really think it will work, this song reminds me of the mistakes i made, and the lessons i have learnt.
• Bittt from Podgorica, Serbiathis song remeinds me on my relatonship I kept a lot of secrets to my girl frend and now we are not together.I like this song one of the best songs of 3 doors down.Sorry Dejana
• Amanda from Troy, Nywell if you go by the music video. It is about a girl who goes out with a boy and the boy dumps her because she couldn't do as much and than he figures out that she has a kid and that is why she couldn't do all the stuff he wanted her to do.

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